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Reports: ﻿Mack Brown will return to North Carolina as head football coach

Reports: ﻿Mack Brown will return to North Carolina as head football coach

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Updated: 12:23 PM EST Nov 26, 2018

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WEBVTT WILL THIS THE GAME AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA. LESS THAN A DAY AFTER FIRING LARRY FEDORA, UNC CHAPEL HILL AS A SUCCESSOR IN MIND. INSIDE CAROLINA IS REPORTING THE SCHOOL HAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH MATT GROUND TO COACH THE TAR HEELS. THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS EXPECTED TUESDAY. BROWN COACHED AT UNC IN 1988 FOLLOWING STENTS AT APPALACHIAN STATE AND TULANE. HE COACHED AT TEXAS BUT WAS FIRED IN 2013.

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Reports: ﻿Mack Brown will return to North Carolina as head football coach

Multiple sources are reporting that Mack Brown will return to North Carolina as its head football coach.Inside Carolina reported Monday that UNC had reached a deal with Brown, who coached the Tar Heels from 1988 to 1997. Sources told ESPN that as of Monday morning, the deal has not been finalized.Brown, 67, is 244-122-1 in 30 seasons as a head coach. He is part of the 2018 College Football Hall of Fame class and won the 2005 national championship at Texas.Brown, who has served as an ESPN college football analyst for the past five years, was 69-46-1 at North Carolina during his first stint and led the Tar Heels to winning seasons in each of his last eight years, including top-10 finishes in the polls his last two seasons in 1996 and 1997.Brown would replace Larry Fedora, who was fired Sunday after going 45-43 in seven seasons at UNC. Fedora went 5-18 over the past two seasons in a swift fall for a program that won 11 games in 2015.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. —

Multiple sources are reporting that Mack Brown will return to North Carolina as its head football coach.

Inside Carolina reported Monday that UNC had reached a deal with Brown, who coached the Tar Heels from 1988 to 1997.

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Sources told ESPN that as of Monday morning, the deal has not been finalized.

Brown, 67, is 244-122-1 in 30 seasons as a head coach. He is part of the 2018 College Football Hall of Fame class and won the 2005 national championship at Texas.

Brown, who has served as an ESPN college football analyst for the past five years, was 69-46-1 at North Carolina during his first stint and led the Tar Heels to winning seasons in each of his last eight years, including top-10 finishes in the polls his last two seasons in 1996 and 1997.

Brown would replace Larry Fedora, who was fired Sunday after going 45-43 in seven seasons at UNC.

Fedora went 5-18 over the past two seasons in a swift fall for a program that won 11 games in 2015.